See under 4th Mean. — Quick time (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps,
each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. — Sidereal time. See under Sidereal. — Standard
time, the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In
England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds
of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central,
Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th,
and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower
than Greenwich time. — Time ball, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true
midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. Nichol. — Time bargain (Com.), a contract
made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the
future. — Time bill. Same as Time-table. [Eng.] — Time book, a book in which is kept a record
of the time persons have worked. — Time detector, a timepiece provided with a device for registering
and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. — Time enough,
in season; early enough. "Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life." Bacon. —
Time fuse, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a
certain definite interval after being itself ignited. — Time immemorial, or Time out of mind. (Eng.
Law) See under Immemorial. — Time lock, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound
up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. —
Time of day, salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as "good morning," "good evening," and
the like; greeting. — To kill time. See under Kill, v. t. — To make time. (a) To gain time. (b) To
occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. — To move,
run, or go, against time, to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest
possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the
horse is to run against time. — True time. (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b)
(Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian.
Time
(Time) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Timing.]
1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his
appearance rightly.
There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
Bacon. 2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.
Addison.
He was a thing of blood, whose every motion
Was timed with dying cries.
Shak. 3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for
workmen.
4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
Time
(Time), v. i.
1. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
With oar strokes timing to their song.
Whittier. 2. To pass time; to delay. [Obs.]
Timeful
(Time"ful) a. Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Time-honored
(Time"-hon`ored) a. Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason
of antiquity, or long continuance.
